Holocene flood histories in south-western USA

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 707-716

  Harden, Tessa ^a   Macklin, Mark G ^b   Baker, Victor R ^c  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alluvial and bedrock rivers; Climate change; Holocene flood histories; South western USA

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL AND BEDROCK RIVERS; HOLOCENE FLOOD HISTORIES; HOLOCENES; SOUTH-WESTERN USA;

DEPOSITS; FLOODS; PROBABILITY; RIVERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BEDROCK; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; FLOODING; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; RIVER SYSTEM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952260612     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1983     Document Type: Article

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